Toronto Exercise Helps Cope with Pain and Aging
"If you don't keep going, you're gonna die." How’s that for a title to a paper?! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre was even taken back a bit, but it’s true. No matter your age, your pain, your life plan, we all have to keep going forward! This is so real for middle- to older-age Toronto back and neck pain sufferers. Luckily, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is here to help.
ANTI-AGING EXERCISE BENEFITS
We all start looking for anti-aging benefits at a certain age! One group of researchers wrote that regular exercise has multi-system anti-aging effects and called for more research to gather knowledge of just how molecular mediators of exercise benefits work in older folks instead of just turning to pharmaceuticals. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre wholeheartedly agrees! Walking is amazing! This an important message for all Toronto pain sufferers!
BENEFICIAL DAILY EXERCISE STEPS
Take a walking stroll each day with a goal of 7000 steps. Why? Research. 2,110 black and white men and women and their steps-per-day counts were followed. They sported an accelerometer from 2005 to 2006 and then were monitored for a mean of 10.8 years. Their stats were analyzed in 2020 and 2021 to see what, if any, association was found between steps-per-day and all-mortality death risk. This study was part of the larger CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study. Steps-taken-per-day were described as “low” (less than 7000), “moderate” (7000-9999) and “high” (more than 10,000). Stepping intensity – stepping rate – played a role, too. Moderate/high step rate was associated with a reduced risk of mortality in black and white women and men in middle-age who took 7000 steps or more a day compared with those who took less. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre sees how walking helps – 7000 steps or not – and encourages Toronto chiropractic patients to walk what they can. Any walk works!
EXERCISE HELPS COPING WITH PAIN
How do most Toronto back pain patients deal with chronic low back pain? Some of the things people may express are these:
- I feel helpless because nothing works.
- I feel down and depressed.
- I distantly wish for an end to it.
- I accept the reality of my pain.
- The pain stays, I keep going.
What about you? There is no right or wrong answer. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre sees them all! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is here to help. We meet each back pain patient – old or young, active or inactive – where each one is. We create a treatment plan together. The researchers who formulated the above basic 5 categories of how patients deal with chronic low back pain acknowledged how pain impacts life. (3) So does Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. Coming to our Toronto chiropractic office is a good step toward resolution to managing pain and enjoying life!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Shawn Nelson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction helped a patient return to a desired quality of life while coping with the leg and foot pain numbness she experienced.
Set up your Toronto chiropractic appointment today. We are ready to help you keep going, better cope with your pain, and enjoy life fully!
